Kicking the girls
by digby
Celinda Lake is one of the Democratic Party's most prominent pollsters. She is obviously very well informed about the political implications of most policy decisions and I've never found her to be ideological in her assessments. Here's what she said about the administration's Plan B decision, via dday:
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said she could “not even remotely” understand the political calculus of the decision, saying it “alienates the base, causes conflict with women in the base, [is] bad for key groups of women like younger women and unmarried women, and doesn’t win the swing independent women.”
If Democrats cared as much about getting young women to the polls as they care about getting ideologically incoherent swing voters, they'd win in a walk. They are progressive and they are hostile to the GOP agenda on nearly every level. They have been the most loyal Democratic voters but they are demoralized and need to be reassured that the Democrats give a damn about them. The Plan B decision says the opposite.
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